The American monthly magazine . ec-tion to Mount Vernon and to confer with the Ladies Associa-tion, in session at that time. Governor McKinney is a manof commanding appearance, perhaps six feet in height, witli?aifable, courteous manners, showing he is to the manorbom. He was accompanied by his wife, a petite woman ofgentle presence. The Virginia central figure of another circle is Mrs. B., whose patri-cian face and disting^ie bearing prove her the well chosenrepresentative of Virginias fair daughters at the ColumbianExposition. She is visiting the place to examine the house,furnit
The American monthly magazine . ec-tion to Mount Vernon and to confer with the Ladies Associa-tion, in session at that time. Governor McKinney is a manof commanding appearance, perhaps six feet in height, witli?aifable, courteous manners, showing he is to the manorbom. He was accompanied by his wife, a petite woman ofgentle presence. The Virginia central figure of another circle is Mrs. B., whose patri-cian face and disting^ie bearing prove her the well chosenrepresentative of Virginias fair daughters at the ColumbianExposition. She is visiting the place to examine the house,furniture, etc., with a view to fitting up the Virginia ;after the similtude of Mount Vernon; this lady to be the pre-siding genius, welcoming guests and dispensing the hospitalityfor which that old commonwealth is proverbial. In a shorttime the boat drew up to the landing and deposited its livini:•cargo in the handsome iron pavilion, a contribution, by thcway, of a liberal-hearted woman of the Mount Vernon 1^li0 life -^^^;^-- __
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